Thanks to Joe for sending us this news from The Permissive Society:

The Permissive Society are currently recording tracks with Tim Thomas at Blueprint studios. The CD will be available to buy from March and will feature new songs and some Permissive tracks that featured in the award winning theatre piece Grace that ran for two weeks at the Contact Theatre in October 2005. www.thepermissivesociety.co.uk

Class aA - Beyond Entertainment, the album released during 2005 by Akoustik Anarkhy has won the Mancunian Compilation Of The Year in an online poll on the BBC Manchester website.The album features many rising stars (and thewonderwall favourites) such as Autokat, Loose Canon, Harrisons and The Longcut who you'll be hearing plenty of in 2006, and of course the already famous Nine Black Alps

"Beyond Entertainment proves one thing and that is that six years of late nights, kitchen gigs, unstoppable energy, stage invasions and indefatigable belief in a dream have all been worth it. Long may the Anarkhy continue." BBC Manchester

Check out the Akoustik Anarkhy MySpace page for a taster

Meanwhile, our congratulations also go out to Jim Noir who scoops Album and Single of the year, and narrowly misses out on New Band/Artist Of The Year in the BBC Manchester poll

The full list:
Compilation Of The Year: Akoustik Anarkhy - Beyond Entertainment
Mancunian Album of the Year: Jim Noir – Tower of Love
Single of the Year: Jim Noir – My Patch EP
Mancunian Band/Artist Of The Year: Elbow
New Band/Artist of the Year: The Permissive Society
Mancunian Gig of the Year: Gorillaz at the Opera House & Oasis At City Of Manchester Stadium
Mancunian Music Event Of The Year: Gorillaz in the House - Gorillaz residency